General Question to All!! (1 Viewer)

[Rob]

So it is true - you are a completionist! Well so am I. When it is rampant, I often end up with pieces I do not want and get into series I should not. If I bought one piece of Napoleon, I would buy them all - I am a big fan of the Sharpe books. But I have been able to limit myself this time to WW2 armour and soldiers focused on D-Day, Waffen SS, the Bulge, Afrika Korps and 8th Army and Fall of Berlin and Fields of Battle. With a few "special to me" LHA, FJ and Iwo Jima pieces.

When I began collecting K&C, my plan was to get glass shelf cabinets and show every piece, but I ran out of room. The completionist cure was to buy only pieces that I really liked and/or were important for a diorama. Now instead of just lining up the vehicles 2 wide along the shelves, I am beginning to fit them into scenarios with some uneeded pieces going back in the box and possibly onto e-bay. Putting the pieces into scenarios has greatly increased my enjoyment of them and the visual impact is not blunted by a clutter of unnecessary pieces.

Terry

I wish i could be!.However my budget is limited so i have had to let the WW1/Napoleonic ranges go by,now if my lottery numbers come up on Saturday

Rob

 

[Currahee Chris]

I've decided to drop the Eastern Front and Iwo lines in the past. Not because those periods of time do not interest me but more because the defense budget just couldn't handle it. Also passed on the initial Arnhem offerings- maybe not my best move ts collecting wise- same goes for the initial FJ's.

I have had to fight off buying the AK figures as well.

CC

 

[Currahee Chris]

The other fun thing I have noticed with selecting which KC figures to buy- don't think "Seasoned" collectors go through a purge at times as well. It's fun to catch the bargains to be had the first 90 days after year end (ie Jan 1- March 31)- haven't figured the phenomenon out- perhaps raises aren't what everyone hopes for- changes in collectors tastes- who knows.

CC

 

[spartan71]

To me having this choice hobby, It gives me that smile. From a hard day at work or such, the pieces. that are apart from the necesities of life (House, Food, Etc.). As everyone In any hobby I guess. The "Reward" For lifes challenges.
With Me When I buy, I always look at the next Miniature in the line ( like I bought The D-Day DD-045, And Got The DD-044 and The DD-046). Three in sequence. And at the same time I only buy 1 (tunisian tiger, Ak-039), Just because I did not like the ak-38 or the ak-40. This Hobby has so many pieces. That for someone to have a complete line, in the same category I.E.(Afrika Korp), it would cost close to $5,000 dollars. So the Option always Is Buy what you want, Not what is Needed(again I.E, To complete the whole Line). Because the hobby just became Cumbersome, And I believe when it becomes that. Its not a hobby anymore.

 

[Currahee Chris]

To me having this choice hobby, It gives me that smile. From a hard day at work or such, the pieces. that are apart from the necesities of life (House, Food, Etc.). As everyone In any hobby I guess. The "Reward" For lifes challenges.
With Me When I buy, I always look at the next Miniature in the line ( like I bought The D-Day DD-045, And Got The DD-044 and The DD-046). Three in sequence. And at the same time I only buy 1 (tunisian tiger, Ak-039), Just because I did not like the ak-38 or the ak-40. This Hobby has so many pieces. That for someone to have a complete line, in the same category I.E.(Afrika Korp), it would cost close to $5,000 dollars. So the Option always Is Buy what you want, Not what is Needed(again I.E, To complete the whole Line). Because the hobby just became Cumbersome, And I believe when it becomes that. Its not a hobby anymore.

I agree- I used to buy them like that as well- back in like 99-2000. I was only collecting WW2 then- I didn't "jump lines" till the Special Forces set came out. Nowadays, I pretty much buy all the DDay and WS figures out there- the small exceptions being the French Resistance subsets or the early war Germans (WS40 series).

I took the approach where I mapped out all my display area and figured out what I could keep constantly displayed. I then set about looking at the pieces in each line and deciding how many I need of those pieces. I then watch each months dispatches (a HIGHLY valuable tool for collectors) to see which pieces are being retired. I then track them every couple weeks and by what is starting to disappear. The only set I missed out on with this system was the Rauppen Schlepper- and that was sort of an anomaly.

Cheers
CC